Lyrics
Nothing disappears without a trace
Genesis: The Phoenix Syndrome
Looking at the sky above me
Fragrant leaves in my hand
Leaving the storm behind me
Once again I am awake!
Writhing alone in torment
Silence I could not escape
You told me you knew how I’ll end
(But) I walked through your hate
Dreams I once believed to be distant
Talk to me
Embracing friends and foes
Now I go I know the way
Finally
Watch me rise above you
Smash this blinding illusion
And your lies
Uncreating sadness
Hear me when I tell you
I know better than believing
In madness
I am reborn, I am revolution!
Remember how you always told me
I’d fail I’d crawl
– I played along-
I know you fear to say you miss me
Now I’ve proved you wrong
Sometimes the weight feels heavy on the shoulders
Destiny
But when I think again
Everything’s the way it was supposed
To be
Watch me rise above you
Smash this blinding illusion
And your lies
Uncreating sadness
Hear me when I tell you
I know better than believing
In madness
I am reborn, I am revolution!
Time Travellers
I travel in time
I dwell in worlds beyond the beyond
I rise in flying embers
I’ll still be here when you’re gone
I know you’re just a breath away
A state of mind, a breath away
Reality or fantasy
A fallacy or centuries
Of illusion
Arranged confusion
I’m a wanderer
I have always lived among you
Watching over you
I’m there when you think you’re alone
I’m the shining wonder
The coincidence you want to see
I lifted you above the water
When you couldn’t breathe
I know you’re just a breath away
A state of mind, a breath away
Reality or fantasy
A fallacy or centuries
Of illusion
Arranged confusion
I’m a traveller
I walk in the gray of your dreamworld
Shadow passenger
Armoured I’m in silver and gold
Hear me when I say
All the answers lie within you
Try to ignore the truth
But the truth cannot ignore you
I’m a traveller
Slipping through the cracks of your mind
Galaxy adventurer
Come and let me show you my world
Hear me when I say
You and me are in this together
Try to ignore the truth
But the truth shines on forever!
Dream; Paralysis
Night, insidious night
Stretching your mighty claws
Through eerie floodlights
Sight, oh hideous sight
And such a putrid smell
A glance into black hell
Light, mysterious light
Shadow eyes haunting me
Feeding on my sanity
Listen now wherever you are
I’m the soul that you will never take
(Cos) I am meant to stand in the light
Bloody hands remind me of battles I won
I’m the voice that you cannot erase
I’m the fighter you will not enslave
I know we connect in wicked ways
(But I’m) never coming back
It’s freedom I crave
Night, oh devious night
Like a fly in spider’s nest
Memory I detest
Flight, delirious flight
I dream in morning light
In sleep I am awake
Fright, invisible fright
I guess you thought you’d win
But I never gave myself in
Hey now, whoever you are
Do you still remember my cold blade?
Now I see why you came to me
It’s the kind of fate I don’t wish to escape
I’m the love that you cannot erase
The survivor you will not forget
Liberated from your wicked ways
Never looking back
It’s freedom I crave
Leave the light on, breathe, breathe!
Listen now wherever you are
I’m the soul that you will never take
Now I see why you came to me
It’s the kind of fate I don’t wish to escape
I’m the love that you cannot erase
The survivor you will not forget
Liberated from your wicked ways
Never looking back
It’s freedom I crave
The Human Paradox
Isn’t it funny
How we can’t see beyond
Our hell?
Isn’t it sad
That we only want
What we can’t have?
And although we were born
In the kindest corner of the universe
We always end up living
Happiness in reverse
Wake now
Face yourself
Hurting each other
Our fears we dispel
Why can’t the path
Be walked backwards?
Why can’t my soul
Cease grieving?
And sometimes I want to cry
A nostalgic deluge
That drowns you in your sleep
No!
That babbles gently
Around your house
Glistening in the morning light…
Why is the sky calling my name?
Wake now
Face yourself
Hurting each other
Our fears we dispel
Stand above the lie
Living illusion
Our fate we deny
Seas of destiny
Velvet wave come
And take me away
All of my dreams of us
All of my hopes
Dissipate
Yet all of my love
For the world I unfold
Or is it too
Late…?
[NE]; MESIS - The Kiss Of Justice
Now, what will you do now?
Before you I stand
When you feel the end’s near
Oh, I hear you calling my name
In vain
You always smile, you always hide
Your ugliness in sweet words
You sound alright
(But) there’s something vile
A lie that suffocates me
Your glacial eyes behind your mask
You think I cannot read you
I made mistakes, I gave you trust
I studied life the hard way
And for a while
I thought you might
Embrace me for what I am
Cos you always smile
You always hide
But your heart is black
You see no light.
Here, whatever you choose
Whatever you feel
Means nothing to us
Nothing we can’t use to
Pull you from your heart and
The dreams that you made
For your life disappear
Our world is made of your tears and fears.
You saw me cry, you held my hand
And chuckled behind my back
You watched me fall
You heard me sigh
You thought it’s intellect I lack
And deep inside I know you wish
You had the life that I have
Cos the time is nigh
And now it’s too late
But it’s justice I give
Not hate
Things once colourful
Everything turns to gray
Collective madness
No lessons learnt at all
Selective blindness
And mouth shut
Waving your future goodbye-bye
Tell me you can change
Before life fades away
The only thing I ever wanted
Was a life with you
In peace
Shadows fall
The stars I call
Did you forget?
I remember it all
Crawling…
Calling…
Crawling…
Calling…
I’m coming to get you
Coming to get you
Shadows wake
Your smile so fake
The moon I take
The silence I break
Crawling…
Calling…
Crawling…
Calling…
I’m coming to get you
Coming to get you!
Here, whatever you choose
Whatever you feel
Means nothing to us
Nothing we can’t use to
Pull you from your heart and
The dreams that you made
For your life disappear
Our world is made of your tears and fears.
Beautiful Eternal Things
Remember
When we met
You said let’s
Walk together
You said
Will you
Help me
Proud marble arcs
Streets of white stone
Now they’re just a memory
Monuments of our hollow vanity
When the winds weep
For a fallen land
I think of you
What was it that separated us?
Does it really matter in the end?
To dust we’ll return
(But) we created beautiful
Eternal things
Day and night
Our hearts entwined
What we built
Surpassed our existence
Remember
When we lost ourselves
In a storm of greed
What looked wise
In our eyes
Was meant to become our demise
When I bleed in your hands
And the earth sighs under your step
I remember why we lost
Acid rain melts my hair
Is there any meaning at all?
Yet I still believe
That we can save our soul
When the winds weep
For a fallen land
I think of you
What was it that separated us?
Does it really matter in the end?
To dust we’ll return
We and our beautiful
Eternal things
Dreaming In The Gray Lands
The Road To Acheron
I can see you through the lonely sky
As I begin my last journey
I can hear you through the silent clouds
And the swishing willow tears
I can feel you, your unblinking eye
My voice sinking to a whisper
I can smell you on the wings of fear
I sense you drawing near
Now I know why you came here
Now I know why I came here
I escape, I escape from your world
I sail away, sail away into destiny
Shadow ferryman pulling at the oars
(As) I swill down bitter water
To the sun I wave a last farewell
I expire, I leave no trace
My life dances truths I could not face
In the mist amid the sorrows
In the river that is without joy
My faults, they will dissolve
Now I know why you came here
Now I know why I came here
I escape, I escape from your world
As the air echoes all that you told me
I’m alive, I’m alive in your heart
I sail away, sail away into destiny…
Quantum - Through The Looking Glass
Tunnel light, so bright
And tonight I’m a human satellite
See her drawing close
The life you chose before your eyes
And now you realize you can’t go back
(But) sometimes there’s a second chance
So which road will you take?
She asked and set my past alight
My memories
Wide space
A parallel, weird place
Familiar face
And she holds my hand
She knows I persevered, I fought
And dreams unmourned, buried beyond
She says there’s a second chance
I delete your lies and horrors
Painful hindsight
And my soul ignites
In cosmic storm
And now I know which way to go
See her drawing close
The life you chose before your eyes
And now you realize you can’t go back
(But) sometimes there’s a second chance
So which road will you take?
She asked and set my past alight
My memories of love
And hate everything in-between
Left behind
And she holds my hand
She knows I persevered, I fought
And dreams unmourned, buried beyond
She says there’s a second chance
I delete your lies and horrors
Painful hindsight
And my soul ignites
In cosmic storm
And now I know which way to go!
Reincarnation
Finally, finally we meet
As the rain falls through unending time
Following, following your path
A hollow whisper lacerates my heart
Find me in forsaken dreams
When your spirit screams
Voiceless
Find me, call me and I’m here
Where you buried me alive
In your mind
Drawing empty circles
Never ending road
Many times I used to see you in a dream
Waking up and you were still there
Desperate believing
Time and time again
Losing something that I never really had.
Being with you is like coming home
Honey sweet, bitter on the tongue
Is it you? Is it really you I see?
Is it a ghost of my agony?
Hide me in your banished dreams
Amaranthine memories
Hide me, I’m the hand you left
In the place we met
Time and time again.
Follow me into the farthest sky
Follow me until the brightest star
Follow me into the farthest sky
Follow me until the brightest star
Find me in forsaken dreams
When your spirit screams
Voiceless
Find me, call me and I’m here
Where you buried me alive
In your mind
I don’t wanna feel no more
I don’t wanna hide no more
Do you?
And I don’t wanna hear a thing
I regret nothing
Do you?
Look at me standing here
I have no pride or fear
Do you?
Hurtful illusion gash
I just wanna see it crash
Do you?
There And Back Again
Bonus track: Genesis - The Phoenix Syndrome (Fatal FE VIP Remix)
Bonus track: The Road to Acheron (instrumental)
Story
The Human Paradox is Season of Ghosts’ debut album, released in December 2014 under Coroner Records. Mixed and Mastered by Ettore Rigotti (Disarmonia Mundi, Blood Stain Child, GYZE, Babymetal), the album features Zombie Sam as producer and arranger, as well as producer NeroArgento. The album was co-composed and co-produced by Sophia Aslanides.
The Human Paradox features guitarist MiA (ex- MEJIBRAY) as guest musician on Quantum and Time Travellers. Orchestral parts were recorded by members of the Millenium Orchestra at Teatro Reggio, Turin (IT). Japanese version liner notes by Ryoji Shinomoto (GYZE).